Okay I can definitely say that I’m not, nor have I ever been a birdwatcher. Well, while we’re doing this shoot of one of my very favorite families the dad sees what looks like a duck way up in the tree. Hmmmm, I didn’t know ducks sat up in large oak trees but, whatever;) Skip ahead a few minutes and low and behold another duck-like bird is up in the trees. Now we can see that the beak is long and thin…so no duck. After hearing and seeing what we thought were a couple of birds we saw people walking through this area looking and pointing up in the trees. Once we started looking around there were dozens of birds and huge nests up in all of the trees. They were everywhere…and big…with huge nests. I was so mad that I didn’t have a good zoom with me so I caught a couple of shots with what I had. We were baffled as to what type of birds these were. Mackenzie spotted some that almost looked like penguins sitting up there. So, I come home that night and look at the pics of these birds. By this time I’m bound and determined to put a name to the types of birds that these are. I mean where do you go from these clues…duck-like, penguin-ish, large, long beaks and nests high in trees. Oh and let me add that with big birds comes big poop as I discovered ALL OVER the top of my vehicle! Those dang birds kept me up until at least 2:00 in the morning. I poured over the Internet trying to figure out what they are. I think I narrowed down the black & white ones but not any of the other ones. Does this now officially make me a birdwatcher?:) The cool thing is that when I zoom in on a few of the pictures one of the birds is flying in towards the nest and you can see 3 baby birds with really long beaks peeking up from the nest towards their momma. Aawwww.
On to one of my favorite families. I can’t believe I first met Miss K when she was turning 3 and now she’s 5. I’m betting that the next time I see her she’ll have lost some teeth. And her baby sister was so sweet with a huge, huge smile. Hope you guys enjoy your peek:)
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